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| Wars of Blood and Faith: The Conflicts That Will Shape the 21st Century | 
 enlarge | Author: Ralph Peters
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 34085
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
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Pages: 384
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.6 x 1.5
ISBN: 081170274X
Dewey Decimal Number: 355.020112
EAN: 9780811702744
ASIN: 081170274X
Publication Date: July 15, 2007
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In the no-holds-barred tradition that has won him so many fans across the nation and around the world, best-selling author and strategist Ralph Peters confronts the crucial security issues of our time--and the troubled times to come. With his trademark clarity and force, Peters argues that we have left behind the Age of Ideologies to enter a violent period in which ethnicity and religion--blood and faith--will continue to be the source of ferocious rebellions, genocide, and global terrorism. His compelling vision spares neither our foreign policy nor our domestic follies as he ruthlessly outlines what it will take to protect our country against this new breed of enemies.
* We have forgotten what it takes to win wars, leading to tragic, unnecessary failures.
* Too many Americans still refuse to take our enemies seriously, even though terrorists and foreign leaders are bent on inflicting apocalyptic destruction on us.
* Those enemies will use nuclear weapons, if allowed to possess them.
* Religious wars are impossible to prevent--because our enemies desire them.
* The Middle East is headed for greater chaos, and Israel may not survive.
* Civilized approaches to combat no longer work.
* Pop bestsellers have read globalization exactly wrong--it s leading the world to divisive crises of identity, not greater unity.
Despite these challenges, the United States will remain the world s most-successful and greatest power--but the cost will be determined by our willingness to face a new century s brutal realities.
Wars of Blood and Faith continues the ever-popular series of works by Ralph Peters on strategy, conflict, and the military published by Stackpole Books--titles that have not only excited and informed a wide range of readers, but which have profoundly influenced our national security.
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 Ralph Peters does it again August 25, 2008
Starting with the 1999 "Fighting For The Future: Will America Triumph?" compendium, Peters has published non-fiction, fiction and a series of other compendiums taken from his daily columns - totally revelent to why we're in our current situation worldwide.
He forcasted the difficulty of urban combat in 1995 - no secret going all the way back to WWII - but WHY we were equipped to fight on the plains of EUROPE 10 years after the cold war was over - ? What worked in Desert Storm in 1991 because we 'failed' to take Baghdad - did not work in 2003 when we occupied it. What worked in Afghanistan failed in Iraq ... and Peters tells us why.
General Patraius was on the right track when commanding the 'surge' - and Peters was correct in his forcasts. What completely threw me was his repeated statement that the Shi'a - minus Iran - and Iran minus the mullahs - are the better bet than the compliant Sunni in us having any friends in the region.
As a retired Intelligence Officer of 27 years myself - I can relate to why Peters retired when he did - and challenge the 'wisdom' of 'experts' on either side of the aisle.
His continued reference to John McCain and Joe Lieberman as perhaps the only two politicians who "get it" among all the talking heads in Washington is food for thought in our upcoming election. Unfortunately he fails to tell us why. AFTER the book was published - the success of the surge - backed by Lieberman and McCain explains why ... but those who disagree on this success and those who have no background on either candidate are left in the dark...
Peters - like many others was critical of Prime Minister Olmert's failure to correctly utilize the Israeli Defense Force against Hezbollah in 2006 Lebanon and gives the IDF CLEAR WARNING ON THE WEAKNESSES of its Reserve Military forces and over reliance on technology against a trained Transnational Army.
Why buy or read the book? It's an eye opener. It shatters even my cynical 'conventional wisdom' ... and agree or disagree - Ralph Peters takes you down some foreign policy back alleys where you've never been and may never want to go back to. Put in context - and by subject - his prolific writing - in a multitude of publications can be focused in a single place and what emerges is a better policy statement than most of what Washington is currently blathering about.
Currently working as an Army Contract employee in computer simulations and modeling for BN/BDE Staff Training - I can see why Peters brings into focus the "Why We Fight" for all disaffected peoples of the world.
Read the book - if it doesn't change your mind on a multitude of issues - it will at least make you a more knowledgable dissenter ...
Not a book but series of articles by the author - good compilation August 22, 2008
This is not a book that has a beginning and then an end. It's full of author's original articles that have appeared in different print media across the world. Good compilation and great points. I liked the book.
 A bunch of columns January 29, 2008
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
I'm a fan of Ralph Peters, but this "book" was disappointing. All this is is a bunch of his New York Post columns reprinted. That's not a book by my definition. Not worth buying.
 A Time for Peace, a Time for War-Ecclesiastes 3:8 January 23, 2008
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
What time is it???
Depends on where you are these days.
Some days I wish I still had Boston's libraries nearby. I got this book through inter-library loan and this book came from south Georgia. There's not one single book in the greater Atlanta metropolitan area???
For shame!!! This book should be read before anyone in America makes a comment about Iraq or whether our troops should stay or go. Should be required reading for every literate, breathing person in my country!!!
This book is a compilation of newspaper and journal articles that Ralph Peters has written since 2006. You'll find his articles in the New York Post, USA Today, The Weekly Standard, Armchair General, and Armed Forces Journal.
His articles challenge accepted dogmas fed by the media like Iraq will be our next Vietnam, President Bush's policies in Iraq are all bad, Islam is a threat to only western civilization, and we're losing this war. He will convince you that Iraq will be Al Qaeda's Vietnam, not ours, President Bush was right to oust Saddam Hussein, Islam is a threat to itself, Iraq is not in the midst of a civil war, we and others, like the Ethiopians in Somalia, have scored significant victories against Al Qaeda!!!! Hallelujah!!! And I'm sure there must be muslims out there who are silently rejoicing at that fact.
We should never have our withdrawal, whenever it transpires, to be publicly trumpeted. Does our congress want to exterminate our army??? They're a rat pack of idiots if they do. (Yo, and it's an election year, another Hallelu!!!) Peters argues that if Iraq was in a civil war, we'd have to choose sides, but problem is, there's too many equally bad to choose from. We should withdraw, Peters says, "intelligently", if the Iraqi government and security forces continue persistently to not enforce the rule of law and mayhem prevails. Muslims kill muslims mostly in Iraq and elsewhere in the world.
"We'll get you. No matter how long it takes, we'll get you.", Peters writes in a January 10, 2007 New York Post article entitled Terrorizing Terrorists describing the latest victory against Al Qaeda in Somalia.
At home we have peace, in Iraq and elsewhere our troops are fighting a war against Al Qaeda and terrorists and countries harboring our troops welcome them. We have a professional military. We will not have another Vietnam as long as Congress will listen to our well informed, well educated, baptized in battle officers in uniform. Who am I to tell General Petraeus what to do in Iraq or Afghanistan? The world is a dangerous place what with Iranian centifuges spinning and enriching Uranium and dictators blossoming all over the globe in South East Asia, South America, Africa, and Asia. We should listen to Ralph Peters and other military experts who have served our country in uniform.
I can't tell you enough how good this book is. It informs, it enlightens, and it is prophetic in the sense that prophecy can anticipate what is likely to happen given current patterns and circumstances. The book is global in scale as its title suggests and speaks of many issues besides the Iraq War. I found out about this book from watching Bill O'Reilly on Fox News. Great book O'Reilly!!!
An excellent read January 15, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book is an excellent read. Highly recommend it to the folks out there who say the US should quit Iraq and the follow on GWOT. Not all the ideas Peters presents are Politically Correct, however, if we are going to win the "War on Terror" then we must face the facts, and be prepared to do whats necessary to win.
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